My name is Mary. My 15 year old daughter Rylee Jade, our husky-Pomeranian (a miniature husky) Shadow and I have been traveling for quite some time now. We were walking through the woods and came upon a rock quarry. There was a red sports car parked here. It looked like people had camped here for quite some time.

"Hey Rylee, lets rest here for a bit then head out." I told her

"Sure mom. I am going to take Shadow and go down and fill up our water bottles and let her drink" She said

I walked around and investigated the area. As I walked to the car I saw a note and it said something about the CDC. I don't know what it was but something told me this was where we had to go. Rylee came back and we made a small fire and boiled water for some noodles we had picked up.

"Rylee, there's a note on the car that said something about the CDC near Atlanta. I don't know why but I think we should go there what do you think" I asked her

"It sounds good to me. What do you think Shadow?" She playfully asked our companion

Shadow licked her face and she laughed. We packed back up and headed out. We hit the main road and followed it. After a while we saw a tall walker limping towards us. For some reason he looked sad. That was a first for me. Rylee shot him with her bow and arrow and as we passed him she pulled it out of his skull. It was getting dark so we found a tree and Rylee climbed up. After she was up there she made two makeshift hammocks from some things we found along the way. After she was done I passed Shadow up to her and climbed up myself.

Rylee slept in one hammock while I slept in the other with Shadow on my chest. I awoke to Shadow licking my face which indicated she needed to use the bathroom. The sun was up so I nudged Rylee and she got up and climbed down. She scouted the area for a few minutes and then gave the all clear. I past Shadow down to her and then started to pull our beds down. I finally finished and got down from the tree and Rylee had breakfast made. She had heated up a can of beans.

"We should be close to the CDC. Maybe another couple of hours on foot." I told Rylee

"OK. "I was hoping we would run into the group that left the note by now but I guess they were in cars" She said

"Well Hun, there is no real way to know how long that note was there for. It could have been hours, days even weeks" I told her

"Actually it was a matter of hours. I scouted and there were fresh tracks around the camp and I found some shirts they left behind down at the water. They had been washed and thrown on a rock and were still damp" She told me

"Wow you are your father's child" I laughed

"Where..." she started

"Please Hun can we not do this" I say to her

"Sure mom" she sighed

We packed up and started off again. After we were walking for a little over an hour we heard an explosion.

"That looks like it came from the direction the CDC is in. Maybe it's not a good idea to go there." I said and looked at Rylee.

"Well what about Fort Benning?" Rylee said and pointed to the sign in front of us pointing the way to Fort Benning

"Well it's worth a try." I smiled

We started towards Fort Benning. We had been walking for about an hour maybe more when the road started to get jammed with cars. Shadows ears perked up and she let out a slight bark that we barely heard. That was a sign that walkers were near. I looked behind me and saw a large group of walkers headed our way. I was about to tell Rylee to run when she said "Look mom people!' and pointed in front of us

I knew that they had not noticed the hord headed their way so I told Rylee and Shadow to run to them as we got closer an older man on a RV cried out to the other and I yelled "HIDE" as I passed the RV I grabbed Rylee and Shadow and dove under a nearby car. After a few minutes the walkers stated by us. When we didn't see legs anymore Rylee got out and before I could get out I heard a scream and people running. I rushed out from under the car to see Rylee running after a little girl. I started to run after her when I heard Shadow whimper and someone say "Mary?"